FOI 10263

Commercial Properties

Request

A list of all commercial properties within your billing authority.

On that list, could you please detail which of these commercial properties is receiving relief and detail what that relief is ( If Any), i.e. Small Business Rate Relief, Mandatory Relief, Charitable Rate Relief, Rural Rate Relief, Enterprise Area Relief, Empty Property Relief etc.

Could you also tell me which of the properties has a credit (as well as detailing any relief) on the account ( If any ). Also, could you please advise which commercial properties are empty and the date that they became empty and the last liable party/company name.

I would appreciate, if this could be provided in an excel format to include:

- Company Name/Liable Party,

- Rateable Value,

- Property Address,

- Property Reference Number,

- Account Start Date,

- Property Description,

- Relief ( If any )

- Credit ( If Any)

Due to the nature of the report i am putting together, i require all the information to be up to date (Could you please advise the exact date this information is extracted).

If this information is detailed on an online dataset, can you please ensure that its on one spreadsheet. If that is the case, can you please provide the address of the dataset, a schedule of when the data will be updated throughout the year and when it was last updated.

Response

I regret that at present I am unable to supply the information requested. The department is in the process of testing a new reporting programme that was recently installed. Until this process has been completed, the details you require cannot be extracted, or compiled in a useable format.

Please accept my sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused, and please feel free to check the situation with me prior to the submission of any further requests